Martyr
Donata of Rome
A saint honored at Rome in the age of the undivided Church.
Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.
- Feast
- December 31old style January 13
- Era
- 8th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Donata of Rome suffered at Rome together with Paulina, Rustica, Nominanda, Serotina, Hilaria and four other companions. She is venerated in the Western Church and commemorated with them on 31 December. Their cult was promoted by Pope Hadrian I (772 to 795).
The source at hand gives nothing of their lives or of the time of their martyrdom; it shows only that they are commemorated in the Roman Martyrology and that Pope Hadrian I spread their veneration. The martyrdoms would thus be older than the cult promoted in the 8th century, but they cannot be dated from this source.
The sources being vague, this note stops here.
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